The Last Supper (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The Last Supper

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This is a 3-D reconstruction of the radula (tongue-like anatomical structure of mollusks for feeding) of a Baculites fossil. Teeth are depicted in yellow and the fragments of the fossil's last meal, caught between the jaws, in blue (for a crustacean) and pink (for a snail), respectively.

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I. Kruta/MNHN

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